http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/04/stories/2007100459610400.htm
Karnataka - Bangalore Dalit Panthers observe Black Day Staff Reporter BANGALORE: Demanding that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should not come to power in the State, members of Dalit Panthers of India (DPI) observed a Black Day on Wednesday. As a mark of protest against the BJP's ideologies, DPI leaders from the State led by their national leader Thol. Thirumavalavan trashed a model of the Ram Sethu bridge at the Town Hall. They shouted slogans against the BJP and pledged to uphold B.R. Ambedkar's values. DPI State unit president Dalit Nagaraj said that if the BJP came to power, atrocities on Dalits would increase. "It is unfortunate that such communal parties do not think about the well being of other communities. After the Ram Mandir issue, the party is now creating the Ram Sethu issue. These are all attempts to come to power. But we Dalits will not allow that to happen," he said. On the Janata Dal (Secular)-BJP coalition Government in the State, Mr. Nagaraj said: "The Government functioned under the black shade of the BJP's communal ideologies in the last 20 months. The political strategies being worked out by the coalition parties are damaging the State's political future. Elections are the best option now." Reiterating that no governments in the past worked for the welfare of Dalits, Mr. Nagaraj demanded that the accused in the Kambalapalli massacre should be hanged. The State Government should distribute sites to the homeless instead of auctioning the recovered land from encroachers, he added. Mr. Thirumavalavan and Lakshman, Jati Vinasha Vedike president, spoke.
